. 6:21 on the east coast. quick headlines, israel defyingtheu.n. byannouncing it plans to buy 3,000 new homes. ownership of that land is one main dispute between the israelis and palestinians. israel is angry u.n. voted to palestine's status into u.n. member state. the average worth has dropped to 43-year low of $57,000. that is based on the numbers from 2010, from 1983 to 2010. the percentage of households worth less than 10 grand jumped over 37%. dave and clayton. >> thank you, juliet. president obama and republic leaders in congress have just 31 days to strike a deal before we fall off the fiscal cliff. but so far it's not looking like either side is willing to compromise. >> our next guest says there has been a failure in leadership to solve this crisis. joining us now is texas congressman louie gohmert. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> this is not necessarily against the president you have blasted g.o.p. leaders this week for a failure to lead basically saying we need to stand on our principles. they have a delegate -- delicate position to deal with. >> up until last